I have been silently counting the Months, Weeks and days. Now I am finally down to a hour by hour count and can start my TR so that the rest of the world can help me count down the final minutes to departure.

T- 250 hours!

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Today was CRAZY! The wedding was AMAZING! Spent the whole day packing and running around getting those last minute things. I am sure we will be leaving behind a lot of things. But as long as I have my camera and my SO I will be fine.

Yesturday was my big brothers' wedding. I was a bridesmaid and it was a very special day for my family. I will share a couple of photo's with you...

My brother and his blushing bride.

My brother and I

Wedding done and dusted. S and I set off today packing for our trip. This whole day and most of yesturday is a complete blur I must admit and my usual organized focused self was no where to be seen!!

At the moment we are T minus 8 hours and I am still packing, making 'pad kos' and charging cameras!!

PLEASE hold thumbs that i did not forget anything important!!!

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The month before we left and the final build-up to departure was an absolutely hectic time for me and my family. My work travels reached a creschendo during this period squeesing in visits to Johannesburg, Durban, Kinberley, Ethiopia, Germany and the USA! My big brother got married, my mom visited me for a week, I had the back yard paved, we painted the house, went engagement ring shopping and my house got broken into (they luckily did not manage to get away with anything but I had all of the camping equipment and all the camera equipment in the house )!! Beleive it or not but all of this happened in the 2 month period before departure!

You can then immagine that by the time the 18th of December rolled around we were exhousted and SO ready to leave!

I made my lists and checked them twice... BUT I could not be sure that I remembered everything. We would just have to manage without the things we forgot. Most important thins were packed.CamerasChargersWild cardReservation Numbers

At 04h00 my alarm went off. I don't remember much about that first morning but I do remember I ignored the alarm. 15 minutes later I saw a figure standing in front of my bed holding a cup of coffee. Suddenly it dawned on me... This is Kruger departure day!! I flew out of bed, got the pad-kos out of the fridge and made myself comfortable in the passenger seat.

At 04h37 (only 7minutes late) we rolled out of the driveway, we were on our way to K*R*U*G*E*R!!!Finally!

All about our fantastic adventures in Africa on my blog. http://ourgreathikes.blogspot.com/Kruger in December!21-23 B&D24-26 Skukuza29-31 Satara